<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3phuZb_0wNdygIl00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3phuZb_0wNdygIl00" width="1200" height="628" ><a href="https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/">West Virginia</a> quarterback <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/garrett-greene-46051824/">Garrett Greene</a> and left tackle <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/wyatt-milum-46058323/">Wyatt Milum</a> are not with the team for tonight's 7 o'clock road game against Arizona after missing practice all week. EerSports reported Thursday neither was expected to play after leaving last week's loss to Kansas State.Head coach <a href="https://247sports.com/Coach/neal-brown-450/">Neal Brown</a> did not detail the injuries both suffered, but he broadly mentioned a small number of head injuries in his postgame news conference and then sought to change the description to upper-body injuries at his weekly news conference on Monday.With both starters staying in Morgantown, redshirt sophomore <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/nicco-marchiol-46084789/">Nicco Marchiol</a> will start at quarterback and redshirt freshman <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/johnny-williams-46135961/">Johnny Williams</a> will start at left tackle. Marchiol is left-handed, which would make right tackle <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/nick-malone-46056209/">Nick Malone</a> the blocker on the passer's blind side.Arizona defensive lineman <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Tre-Smith-46085764">Tre Smith</a> has a team-high 2.5 sacks this season and 12 in his career. He's tied for the Big 12 lead with quarterback pressures, according to Pro Football Focus, and plays 75 percent of his snaps on the left side. Almost all of those snaps are on the edge of the defensive line or the line of scrimmage. Malone hasn't allowed a sack this season and has PFF's fifth-highest pass blocking efficiency grade among Big 12 tackles. In fact, Malone's grade is tied for No. 20 in the nation.Marchiol has played for brief and extended stretches when Greene was injured in 2022, 2023 and again this season. He's 1-0 as a starter with a home win against Texas Tech last season, but he also played most of the game the week before in a win against Pitt that Greene left in the first quarter.Williams has not started a game, but he's played the most snaps among WVU's backup linemen, and though it's in very limited action, PFF rates him second to Milum in pass rush grade among Big 12 tackles. His run blocking grade is tied for No. 14. In addition, receiver <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Jaden-Bray-46098157">Jaden Bray</a>, cornerback <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/ayden-garnes-46097908/">Ayden Garnes</a> and spear <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Aubrey-Burks-46055239">Aubrey Burks</a> did not travel with the team, and WVU chose to make the trip with 69 players, which is one below the maximum for a road team in Big 12 play. Included on the travel roster are freshman quarterback <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Khalil-Wilkins-46133978">Khalil Wiklins</a>, freshman receiver <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/brandon-rehmann-46133346/">Brandon Rehmann</a> and freshman cornerback <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/keyon-washington-46141313/">Key'on Washington</a>.Bray will miss a third straight game while Garnes and Burks will miss their second in a row. Garnes started five of the first six games but was out for the Kansas State game and missed practice this week. <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/dontez-fagan-46055467/">Dontez Fagan</a>, a transfer who began his career in junior college before moving on to Charlotte, started last week and is expected to do so again opposite <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Garnett-Hollis-Jr-46047299">Garnett Hollis</a>. Reserves <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/Jacolby-Spells-46094391">Jacolby Spells</a> and <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/TJ-Crandall-46104027">TJ Crandall</a> have been in and out of the lineup with injuries this season, but both played against Kansas State and practiced this week. Defensive lineman <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/TJ-Jackson-46097557">TJ Jackson</a> and <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/hammond-russell-46086801/">Hammond Russell</a>, who were both limited in practice last week but played against Kansas State, were again limited this week. However, both practiced throughout the week and traveled with the team. Running back <a href="https://247sports.com/Player/jahiem-white-46117279/">Jahiem White</a> left the Kansas State game in the first half and did not return, but he was back at practice in a limited capacity on Wednesday and is expected to play against Arizona.</div></body>

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WVU without several starters for tonight's game against Arizona

West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene and left tackle Wyatt Milum are not with the team for tonight's 7 o'clock road game against Arizona after missing practice all week. EerSports reported Thursday neither was expected to play after leaving last week's loss to Kansas State. Head coach Neal Brown did not...

WVU without several starters for tonight's game against Arizona

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